--- name: "John Ajvide Lindqvist" canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-ajvide-lindqvist" fi1m_id: "john-ajvide-lindqvist" imdb_id: "nm0512137" tmdb_id: 74397 wikidata_id: "Q726307" roles: ["Writer"] born: "2 December 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:00:25.702529+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # John Ajvide Lindqvist ## Identity John Ajvide Lindqvist - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-ajvide-lindqvist - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** john-ajvide-lindqvist - **IMDb ID:** nm0512137 - **TMDB ID:** 74397 - **Wikidata ID:** Q726307 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74397 Writer. Born 2 December 1968 in Blackeberg, Sweden. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 2 December 1968, Blackeberg, Sweden - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74397 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Let the Right One In*](https://film.one/film/let-the-right-one-in.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish writer of horror novels and short stories. Born in 1968 in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, he worked as a stand-up comedian for twelve years and as a magician before turning to writing. His debut novel, *Let the Right One In* (*Låt den rätte komma in*), was published in 2004 and adapted into a film of the same name in 2008, for which he wrote the screenplay. The story is set in Blackeberg in the early 1980s. He has also written *Handling the Undead* (2005) and the short story that formed the basis for the film *Border* (2018). Lindqvist received a Guldbagge award for his screenplay for *Let the Right One In*. His works have been translated into numerous languages. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, johnajvidelindqvist.com, sv.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Let the Right One In* (2008), Fi1m 88, Novel, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/let-the-right-one-in.md) ## Complete filmography (11) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Summer of 1985* (2026), series, Novel, Creator - *Handling the Undead* (2024), as Undertaker · Screenplay, Novel - *Let the Right One In* (2022), series, Novel - *Fulet* (2018), Writer - *Border* (2018), Screenplay, Short Story - *Svenska tv-historier* (2015), series, as John Ajvide Lindkvist - *Let Me In* (2010), Novel - *Let the Right One In* (2008), Writer, Novel — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/let-the-right-one-in.md) - *Majken* (2008), Short Story - *Reuter & Skoog* (1999), series, Writer - *130 minuter - Släng dig i brunnen* (1996), as John Ajvide Lindqvist ## Gallery - ![en:John Ajvide Lindqvist, Swedish writer, the Night of the Arts in Helsinki, 2008.](https://film.one/media/person/99972/gallery-28fb1944cacb.jpg) en:John Ajvide Lindqvist, Swedish writer, the Night of the Arts in Helsinki, 2008. — Teemu Rajala, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2008.jpg/1280px-John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Ajvide Lindqvist](https://film.one/media/person/99972/gallery-7e06d0cdc1b4.jpg) John Ajvide Lindqvist — Teemu Rajala, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Ajvide Lindqvist 2024, P1280441](https://film.one/media/person/99972/gallery-22afbe2db42c.jpg) John Ajvide Lindqvist 2024, P1280441 — Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2024%2C_P1280441.jpg/1280px-John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_2024%2C_P1280441.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist at Göteborg Book Fair 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/99972/gallery-343d56cf0af2.jpg) The Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist at Göteborg Book Fair 2017. — Mattias Blomgren, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_at_G%C3%B6teborg_Book_Fair_2017.jpg/1280px-John_Ajvide_Lindqvist_at_G%C3%B6teborg_Book_Fair_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Ajvide Lindqvist](https://film.one/media/person/99972/gallery-6e1ee1f14f74.jpg) John Ajvide Lindqvist — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 6 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Border* - European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Border* - European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2018: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Border* - British Fantasy Award for Best Novella 2012: British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominated), for *The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer* - European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Let the Right One In* - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Let the Right One In* - Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay 2008: Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Let the Right One In* - Selma Lagerlöf Prize 2008: Selma Lagerlöf Prize (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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